Jan Denise Quotes

I don’t have to be doing too much to avoid taking on more!

When I keep asking myself the same question over and over, maybe it’s not because I don’t have the answer, but because I don’t like the answer.

I needed his lack of concern for the insignificant as much as he needed my mindfulness. But I had a tough time getting it … I was busy pushing my mindfulness, and he was unconcerned about pushing anything.

I took a day of solitude today. We know what we need. Taking it is delightful.

Somewhere along the line I decided that if I had something or did something that maybe it wasn’t so great after all. I don’t believe that anymore, but I realized today that in some areas I still act as though I do. I won’t anymore. Smile. Sigh. Smile.

If I nurture the newness while I have it, perhaps, I won’t lose it — at least not for something less. And if I nurture what I keep, perhaps, I won’t miss what I have lost.

There can be a fine line between determination to see the best in somebody and expecting him to change.

It’s amazing how my words, “I am not determined to do good, but to be good,” from The Person I Don’t Have Time To Be have struck me on a deeper level. When I am good, I don’t have to try to do good. When I am love, I don’t have to worry about coming from love. I simply need to be who I am.

Love really does make everything beautiful, from the inside out.

Living in the moment, yesterday is farther away than it used to be. And, so is tomorrow. They both matter less.

If we’re not careful, we can get caught up in talking about what we don’t know …instead of acting on what we do know.

I have, in the past, seen settling down as a deterrent to growth. It doesn’t have to be, though. It can be the launching of new growth.

How often my fear and ambivalence are rooted in what somebody else may think. But I need not present my actions, my words, myself for somebody else’s approval. And basing my decisions on somebody else’s approval or making my own approval contingent on somebody else’s only postpones what I really want.

Today, I will know the unadulterated joy of giving with no strings. I acknowledge that sometimes I hope for praise or reciprocation when I give … and that that detracts from the joy of giving. Today, the giving will be my joy. I know that I will sow what I reap, but I will not sow for the purpose of reaping. I will sow for the joy of sowing.

Sometimes less is more. Our quest for more, then, keeps us from it.

Abundance doesn’t follow giving until giving becomes its own reward.

Here I am again. And the familiarity feels more uncomfortable than comfortable. It’s time to make a change. And, now, I have what we need to make it.

I love words … so I can be a sucker for eloquence. Sometimes I assume that there is substance behind the words. Sometimes I am right. And, sometimes I am wrong.

If we quiet our minds, we can hear the truth discerned by the heart.

When I am me, I can see me in my space. My desk faces the window and an ocean. The flower on my desk gives off a wonderful aroma. The refrigerator has something in it I feel good about eating. When I am me, I can see me in my day. I am writing. I am talking from a heart of love. I am reviewing my notes, or editing, or walking, or something outside. I am connecting with nature and people.